A man was swallowed by a hippo, but survives and shared his experience, as shown in the video below. Paul Templer, a river guide, claimed that he was taking groups of tourists down the Zambezi River near Victoria Falls, back in 1996, when he had that near-death experience with a male hippopotamus. Paul Templer, the [...]
Zimbabwe has just $217 in the bank, the country’s finance minister revealed in a press conference on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Yes, that’s not a typo. We did not miss any trailing zeros. Zimbabwe Credit: Google Maps According to reports, Zimbabwe‘s Finance Minister Tendai Biti said that after paying civil servants, his country has only [...]
About 15,000 crocodiles escaped from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm in South Africa, according to a Telegraph report on Thursday, January 24, 2013. Group of crocodiles Image Credit: ALAMY Farm owners were forced to open their gates to avoid a storm surge. The Limpopo river near the farm reportedly rose due to heavy rains. Rakwena Crocodile [...]
Oscar, the world’s most traveled dog has passed away after it was hit by a car. The sad news was announced by Joanne Lefson, who adopted the dog from SPCA in Cape Town, South Africa in 2004. Oscar the Dog became famous for his photos, posing with some of the world’s most famous places, promoting [...]
A young Tunisian man eats 28 raw eggs (uncooked eggs) in one sitting on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, after he was offered money in exchange; but died afterwards and did not even reached the hospital alive. While reports did not mention if he also ate the egg shells, it can be assumed that he did [...]
15-year-old inventor wows MIT Image Credit: MSNnow.com 15-year-old inventor Kelvin Doe from Sierra Leone in Africa, reportedly wows M.I.T Engineers with his unusual inventions. Reports say that Doe was able to develop batteries, generators and transmitters by using scraps from trash bins. Doe reportedly got his idea when he observed that “off-the-shelf batteries were too [...]
Charlize Theron still has her shaved head even after 5 months of getting the cut last summer, celebrity news sites reported on Monday, November 19, 2012. According to reports by the Huffington Post, Theron, 37, was spotted on November 16 eating lunch with her mom, Gerda, at Cafe Caprice in Cape Town, South Africa sporting [...]
A so-called Sphinx destruction is now being called for by an Egyptian Islamist and Jihadi leader, who admitted he once worked with the Taliban, noting that it should be destroyed along with the pyramids in Egypt. The Sphinx and the pyramids are being considered part of the Egyptian heritage for a long time. Head of [...]
Baby elephant rescued in Zimbabwe Image Credit: Caters News Agency A baby elephant rescue was conducted along the Zambezi River near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, according to a report by the Daily Mail on Friday, November 9, 2012. The baby elephant was reportedly discovered stuck in a pool of mud by a group of tourist. [...]
Millicent Owuor, a 20-year-old mother in Kenya named her twins after U.S. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, international news sites reported on Friday, November 9, 2012. According to reports, the twin boys were born at the Siaya District Hospital in Nyanza province, Western Kenya. “I named the first twin Barack and the second one [...]